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Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by justinzollars on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @09:16PM (#17864448)
I think the Democratic Socialists of San Francisco deserve no respect; and their policy advocacy will only lead to higher rents, more homelessness and more despair.

But I'm not going to take their ability to use the internet away. In High school I really hated NetNanny - I'm not sure why so many people are so determined to become NetNanny.

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Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by camel_Snake on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @03:51AM (#17866493)
No one took away Alex Jones' ability to use the internet. They took away his ability to use their platform to spread his message after violating their TOS.

He is free to start his own Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by justinzollars on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @01:45PM (#17870170)
I am a Democrat who has been elected in the past, I agree with the conservative argument that: Corporate censorship dampens the spirit of free speech.

While Alex Jones is a nut case (And shouldn't be defended), other less publicized incidents of censorship by Social Media companies has occurred (related to picking winners between Israel and Palestine)

The spirit of free speech is defending the least defensible.

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Re:Some Facebook Employees Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intoleran... by camel_Snake on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @04:38PM (#17871750)
> Corporate censorship dampens the spirit of free speech.

I agree!

> The spirit of free speech is defending the least defensible.

I also agree!

However, I personally believe that if corporate censorship has a meaningful impact on the freedom of speech in a society then the fundamental problem is the amount of influence said corporation has on that society. The issue is the size and influence of the private entity - society-altering censorship is just a more visible manifestation of the root problem.

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